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Originally Posted by Moontanman
Neanderthal confrontation then it would have to be from 50,000 years ago and not 6,000 years.
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Right. The passage (gen. 25-28) was certainly written by someone referring to the past. Even bible thumpers should agree to this. Like the story of Noah or Abraham, it is the retelling of a fable which isn't really dated in the text, but clearly happened before the text was written. In the same way that serious scholars entertain the possibility that Noah's flood was a real flood in the black sea area, I'm left wondering... were there ever Neanderthals in the Middle East?
~modest
